Last fall I reported a Monk Parakeet nest on route 107, Hicksville Road. They
survived the winter and a second nest is being built about 2 miles to the north.
The first nest is about 1 mile south of the route 107 exit, exit 29, of the
Southern State Parkway, just before a Gulf station on the rig
Wednesday, 11 May, 2011 -
Riverside Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City -
Afternoon hours at the "drip" area of the park were nicely active,
with a total tally of 18 Warbler species in the immediate vicinity,
and at least 16 of those actually coming in to bathe or drink, with
some species repeating
I got my "wheels" back by late afternoon, and from ~ 5- 5:30 PM, was back at
yesterday's location, where the same shorebird species were seen again, with
the only specie not in "greater" numbers being the (1) Greater Yellowlegs.
Increases were: Killdeer, 1 to 2; Lesser Yellowlegs, 1 to 2; Solit